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Bibble 4.0 for Linux

Posted by michael on from the bibble-bobble dept.

traycer writes "Finally, professional-grade digital camera raw workflow software for Linux. Bibble 4.0 from BibbleLabs is a Qt-based commercial package (available in Lite and Pro versions) that promises to have batch workflow efficiency, raw conversion speed and image output quality rivalling or surpassing that of Phase One's much more expensive Capture One software (which isn't available for Linux anyway). Bibble 4.0 also supports tethered shooting for some DSLRs, end-to-end colour-managed workflow, and a very nice system of user-definable work queues for those with several photo shoots on the go. Now all they need is a Bibble plug-in for the GIMP..."

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  1. This ought to be funny... by Zapman · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They were /.'ed yesterday just from being posted to dpreview.com... Heaven forbid what the real /. will do...

    Though when I invest in a DSLR early next year, I think I'll take a long look at their offerings...

    --
    Zapman
  2. One step closer to taking the "Holy Orders" by ryandlugosz · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This is excellent news. I've been using Capture One's software on my PC for a while now to convert RAW images and do the basic digital-darkroom stuff. Unfortunately, the software does not run in Linux and the company (not surprisingly) has no plans to support it. Their software is quite expensive, but does the job nicely.

    Bibble looks like a very complete package. I'll certainly be doing a thorough feature comparison and then will *very* strongly consider purchasing the Linux version. Working with my photos has been on the of last roadblocks for me running a linux-only workstation... I'm looking forward to trying this out!

    -Ryan

  3. Well, I have just bought it by Wheely · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Raw image manipulation was the one thing that was making me consider running Windows (in vmware of course)and I haven't used a windows box in a looong time.

    The software is extremely good. Anti-aliased fonts are missing (due to a mistake in production, it defaults to off with qt) but that will be addressed in the next update apparently. There are issues with printing that MIGHT be realated to "cups" but these are minor issue compared to the raw speed and qualty of what bibble produces.

    There are open source alternatives which allow you to get by though. "dcraw" is one and the rawphoto plugin for the gimp. A new and promising one is also available here http://www.aei.mpg.de/~udif/ufraw/

    There is another extremely promising though slightly buggy one here (this one allows applying D70 curves which is pretty cool) http://www.through-the-lens.net/index.php?page=5
    However, this Bibble thing is by far the fastest and feature rich